If I had a basically unlimited supply of money, I'd be lying if I said my tastes wouldn't change at all. Though I'm not sure "change" is the right term so much as it would be "expand". I'd have a bunch of low end cars AND a bunch of exotics.
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Jan. 23, 2012 6:50 a.m. Klayfish HalfDork
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Jan. 23, 2012 7:41 a.m. ThePhranc HalfDork
plance1 wrote:
ThePhranc wrote:
At a point you become Jay Leno and have the cars you want and a crew to keep them in shape so you can take Denise Gage out for jaunts around Hollywood.
I don't know who Denise Cage is but as you can tell from my posts, I'm already funnier then Jay Leno. Seriously, I think Jay Leno does serve a good role model and illustrates what most of us would do, which is maybe have lots of high dollar cars with a mixture of interesting ones that perhaps don't cost as much, relatively speaking.
Add an extra "n" in his name. I typoed. Hes the guy with the killer handle bar mustache that hosts 'My Classic Car' on SPEED
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Jan. 23, 2012 9:02 a.m. Steve Chryssos Associate Publisher
The 62 is just one car.. There were tons of cool cars at Barrett-Jackson to suit every taste. One of my absolute favorites.....
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/onlinesubmission/lotdetails.aspx?ln=625...
and this was NUTS!!
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/onlinesubmission/lotdetails.aspx?ln=945...
Oh baby...
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/onlinesubmission/lotdetails.aspx?ln=945...
Right ass for the seat...
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Jan. 23, 2012 10:54 a.m. DaewooOfDeath Dork
I don't know if it would change my tastes so much as allow me to get the cars I've always wanted (993 GT2/GT3, Renault R5 Turbo) and then allow me to do nutty stuff with the low end projects. Fabricating chassis out of carbon fiber, not caring that the anti-lag system blows up my turbo every 2,000 miles, putting Offenhauser engines in my mid engined Pontiac LeMans - that sort of thing.
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Jan. 23, 2012 11:42 a.m. Knurled Dork
Keith wrote: If you've got a net worth that's an order of magnitude larger than you have now, then you can afford to ball up a car that's worth an order of magnitude more than you could now.
I disagree, since I'd feel a lot worse about balling up a Z06 than something else, even if I could afford to "buy one so I could push it off of a cliff just because it amuses me".
We had this discussion at work after a discussion about HVAC, of all things. Scenario: Knurled becomes hyper-rich Knurled. Co-worker says I'd start buying cars that have heat. I counter with driving what I drive because, believe it or not, I do find it to be the awesomest car on the planet, and I'm quite pleased that I apparently bought at the bottom of the depreciation curve.
If I had more money, I'd just have more of the same. And a sweet fab shop to play in. Oh my yes, my fab shop will be AWESOME. And the milling machine will have beer tap handles on the levers, just because rich idiots are allowed their eccentricities.
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Jan. 23, 2012 12:55 p.m. SilverFleet Dork
I've always said to myself that if I became rich, I would not change my habits when it comes to cars.
My favorite part is the hunt. Finding a car on the cheap, especially a rare one, is so much fun. I would end up building a HUGE shop and filling it with cheap, rare, and cool stuff.
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Jan. 23, 2012 4:40 p.m. Knurled Dork
I'd want to make Makela Auto Tuning look like some guy slapping Bondo on cars on the curb for $10 a panel
(If you've never browsed the projects at mat.fi - set aside a lot of time to do it. If they're not the best auto fabrication/restoration shop out there, then they're the highest point of the intersection between good and well-documented.)
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Jan. 23, 2012 4:49 p.m. oldeskewltoy HalfDork
I don't think having cash would drastically change my (automotive) tastes...
I think what WOULD be different are my facilities. The garage and tools, and equipment to build, or assist others to build would be my greatest change
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Jan. 24, 2012 12:15 a.m. plance1 Dork
Steve Chryssos wrote:
The 62 is just one car.. There were tons of cool cars at Barrett-Jackson to suit every taste. One of my absolute favorites.....
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/onlinesubmission/lotdetails.aspx?ln=625...
and this was NUTS!!
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/onlinesubmission/lotdetails.aspx?ln=945...
Oh baby...
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/onlinesubmission/lotdetails.aspx?ln=945...
Right ass for the seat...
Thanks for ruining my day....to have a nice 6.9 merc for that price would have made me very happy.
